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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 9 February 2018 3:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IDA_CRPD_Forum] [GET INVOLVED!] Asia Pacific Regional Sustainable Development Forum - Information and Action Points<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A call was conducted on the 5<sup>th</sup> of February to exchange information on the Asia Pacific Sustainable Development Forum. The call was attended by the Co-Chair of APRCEM, the Regional Disability Focal Point
as well as interested participants from the Asia-Pacific region. Please find below a summary of the call with suggestions on how to engage.
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (Official Forum)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2018 in Bangkok on 28 - 30 March 2018, around the theme: “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies” and focusing on the Goals under review:
6, 7, 11, 12, 15 and 17.. </span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The initial agenda of the Forum will include:</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1. A presentation and discussion on the progress made towards the
<b><span style="background:white">regional road map</span></b><span style="background:white"> for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific</span>, that will feed into the global review and monitoring mechanism the HLPF.
Focus will be on regional milestones achievements in the 2030 Agenda implementation.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2. A second agenda item will focus on implementation of the 2030 Agenda, which is a considerable change compared to last year, when this issue was discussed at the very end of the Forum.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3. This will be followed by five different roundtables, each focusing on one of the Goals under review. These will be organized by different UN Agencies. Roundtables will report back to the plenary. (Yet, there
is no confirmation from UNESCAP on which UN agency is working on which Goal or which roundtable.)
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4. The next main session of the plenary will focus on the voluntary national reviews of Asian‑Pacific countries. There will be presentations from Armenia, Australia, Bhutan, Kiribati, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Singapore.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5. This will be followed by a discussion regarding further implementing the regional roadmap and designating roles and fostering partnerships.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6. The meeting will conclude with the the adoption of the report and the chair's summary.
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">OPPORTUNITY! </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There will be 1 Civil Society speaker invited to speak at the opening of the Forum, and each roundtable will have 1 Civil Society
keynote speaker. In addition, there will be opportunity to present collective and constituency statements/interventions from the floor.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">****Please Note:
<span style="background:white">Those seeking to attend the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development </span>must attend the People’s Forum
<span style="background:white">(unless they are already part of their official national delegations).</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">People’s Forum on Sustainable Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Asia-Pacific Civil Society Forum on Sustainable Development 2018 is now called the People's Forum on Sustainable Development, and will take place from the 25<sup>th</sup> to 27<sup>th</sup> of March. This year
it will be a larger forum and be hosted by Chulalonghorn University. <b><span style="color:red">The organizers expressed keen interest to work together with the disability constituency to make the forum accessible.
</span></b> About 6-8 workshops will be organized clustered around the following themes:</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span> <span style="font-family:Symbol"> </span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Systemic barriers to achieve sustainable and resilient societies</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span> <span style="font-family:Symbol"> </span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The six Goals under review and intersection to other Goals;</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span> <span style="font-family:Symbol"> </span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accountability and monitoring; and </span>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span> <span style="font-family:Symbol"> </span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power of people's movements: different concepts and different alternatives and different innovations, approaches, strategies for their struggle towards sustainable development.
<b><span style="color:red">The organizers hope that the disability constituency will express interest to particularly engage in this topic.</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">These workshops will be organized collaboratively between different constituencies.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In addition to the above workshops, there will be an
<b><span style="color:red">OPPORTUNITY!</span></b> for participants to apply for self‑organized workshops (<u>application will be circulated soon with a deadline of 19<sup>th</sup> of February</u>). There will be also plenary sessions in which all regions,
interaction in the workshop and panels will be able to feed in to inputs. </span>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IT’S TIME TO START PREPARING FOR THE DISABILITY CONSTITUENCY!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism has a designated disability constituency, which is coordinated by the focal point Abia Akram:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><a href="mailto:abia.akram@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">abia.akram@gmail.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All participation at the People’s Forum as well as at the Official Forum is coordinated by Abia Akram. Considering that both meetings offer plenty of opportunities for persons with disabilities
<b><u>we strongly recommend that the actions detailed below are undertaken in a coordinated manner and by sharing the workload</u></b>.
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you wish to get involved you can contact Abia Akram directly. Participants of the meetings – or those, who would like to contribute remotely – are welcome to engage in the tasks outlined below, by communicating
and in collaboration with the regional focal point: <b><span style="color:red">Abia Akram:
</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><a href="mailto:abia.akram@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">abia.akram@gmail.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ACTIONS + ROADMAP!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">1)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Register! </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you wish to attend in persons you need to register with the UNESCAP. The UNESCAP opened the call for registration and has also funding opportunity.
<b><span style="color:red">Deadline to apply is 18th of February! </span></b><u><span style="color:black">Please follow instructions provided on this website</span></u><span style="color:black">:
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.unescap.org/events/apcsfsd5&c=E,1,LYXFxdl2aJzqSDw063sxXDmG-YkRXKyqF8X82SDF5viiMcH8mjv2GenslLyF0b--q_ioIr0BwTXD1fLQ3Qm31bZLk9OqH2N535XbBUYba88,&typo=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">http://www.unescap.org/events/apcsfsd5</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Keep in mind!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">register early by following instructions on the website!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">identify any reasonable accommodations that you may need</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">register your personal assistant as well but make sure you indicate her/his role!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please submit complete and thorough applications as it is a very competitive process and there is a limit to number of participants, who
can attend!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">2)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Sign up!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">with the Asia‑Pacific Regional CSO engagement mechanism (APRCEM) to receive regular emails from the Asia-Pacific CSO network APRCEM (see description below), please complete the form here:
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://bit..ly/2kiY4Fz" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">http://bit.ly/2kiY4Fz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">3)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Prepare background documents!
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In a coordinated effort prepare and always emphasize regional challenges, good practices :</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A disability constituency sectoral paper on the theme:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A disability constituency thematic short papers
<u>on each</u> goal under review</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A concept note for a workshop to be organized by the disability constituency during the CSO Forum, invite other constituencies as partners</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">4)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Organise a side event</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">during the official forum!
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Develop a concept note</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Identify possible speaker</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Identify supporting / co-sponsoring Member States, invite them to deliver speeches/opening remarks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Include ESCAP and / or in particular the Disability Unit to co-host with the disability constituency</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">About APRCEM</span></b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Asia‑Pacific Regional CSO engagement mechanism is an open inclusive flexible civil society platform in Asia‑Pacific that works with the UN system across the region in sustainable development processes. It consolidate
civil society positions and facilitate the engagement of Asia‑Pacific civil society in regional forums.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Established in 2014 to bridge the gap between the global, regional and national processes.. APRCEM serves as a platform to facilitate CSO engagement in the region, not only among themselves but also with countries
in the region. In addition, APRCEM aims to improve dialogue between the UN and civil societies.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The structure is based on the major group and other stakeholders mechanism, but it is broader than that. As such, APRCEM consists of constituency groups and sub-regional groupings. There are 17 constituency groups,
beyond the major groups it includes migrants, people affected with HIV, urban dwellers, people displaced by disasters and conflict, social and community enterprises (instead of the business sector), persons with disabilities, and older persons. There are
sub-regional groups, such as Pacific, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and each has a focal point. The 17 constituency groups and five sub-regional focal points are working under the regional coordinating committee (AP-RCEM), which coordinates day-to-day work
to discuss possibilities of engagement for Civil Society in the region. AP-RCEM is the the official partner of UNESCAP and UN Environment Agency to organize and coordinate the Civil Society platform.
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